News In The Canyon City
All views expressed here are my own. I'm not speaking on behalf of anyone, including Andrew and Azusa City News. Photo courtesy of Adrian Magallanes. Wow it’s been a while since I’ve written, and I feel like I’ll do a life update at a later time. For now, I want to talk about a recent event that would’ve been too long for a Facebook post: I joined my city’s unofficial news source, Azusa City News. I’m still not sure how long I’ll stay in Azusa, but I probably won’t leave the
Wapow: How Print Brings Community Together
Not too long ago, a headline made me swear out loud. That happens a lot these days, but this one made me want to cry. LA 18 KSCI announced its turn from its multi-lingual programming format to broadcast English infomercials. At various times, it offered programming in 14 different Asian languages such as Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Taglog, as well as Spanish, Armenian, French, Persian and more. LA 18 was how many immigrants in the Greater LA area were able to understand wha
In The Eye Of A Fake News Hurricane
This particular photo was pulled from the Washington Post. The hilarity and fake news was supplied by the Internet. In early 2015, way before “fake news” became a buzz phrase and Donald Trump made his faithful descent on the escalator at Trump Tower, another event jostled the journalism world. Brian Williams, one of the most respected broadcast journalists in the field, turned out to be a fraud. My professor, KTLA’s John Cyrus Smith, led the class in a discussion on his fall
Radio Girls: History Repeats Itself | Mini-Book Review
National Radio Day happened last Sunday and it reminded me of a book I read, Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford. I picked it up because the story was set during the rise of the BBC in the 1920s-30s. I didn't read too many fictional stories about journalism growing up, and I was intrigued. While the protagonist of this story, Maisie Musgrave, and many events happening to her are fictional, a lot of elements were based on real life. The most notable examples are John Reith, wh
On The New York Times' Boba Article
The New York Times caused quite a stir on the Internet last week. It ran an article highlighting some boba shops in New York City with the headline, "Those Blobs In Your Tea? They're Supposed To Be There." The article was written as if boba had JUST reached popularity in the United States. A lot of people begged to differ, so much so that the Times ran through several revisions of the headline and edited the article to make it seem like it was less about the popularity and mo
Playing Around With Fake News Games
A few personal updates: Work has been great and a lot of people in my life showed a lot of support, which was really humbling. But working hard warrants some fun, and I recently discovered this gem: fake news games. Nieman Lab highlighted these games a couple weeks ago. They were created in response to, what else, fake news mania. These games popped up to entertain and, through fun, teach people a thing or two about the news. One of my college roommates was pretty passionate
